Battered by Skyrocketing Insurance Rates, DeSantis Turns to Florida Tort Reform
Florida’s insurance rates have doubled in the last five years and are currently three times the national average.
In a fight straight out of the 1990s, Governor DeSantis and Florida Republicans are seeking to reform when, where, and how individuals can sue insurance companies in the state — a practice that has made Florida trial lawyers wealthy and led to some of the highest liability insurance rates in the nation.
In a statement announcing the plan, the governor said he wanted to curb “billboard” attorneys and their role in the state’s skyrocketing insurance rates.
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